Eldon Warren is an impressionist oil painter of the western landscape. He was born in Nebraska in 1952 and now makes his home in Colorado.
Growing up, there wasn’t money to buy paint and brushes and the other things a young artist needs so Eldon spent most of his time with a pencil and paper drawing the things around him.
He ended up at Colorado Boys Ranch, at La Junta , Colorado, in 1967. The Ranch Administrator’s wife, taking an interest in the development of Eldon’s artistic skills, took him to town and bought oil paint, brushes and canvas. This marked the beginning of a life long career as an artist.
The first step beyond high school art classes was with Art Instruction Schools, a correspondence course that taught the basics. That experience set a solid foundation in drawing and put Eldon on the right path. His art education after that took place in workshop settings and every “good” art book he could find.
After graduating high school in LaJunta in 1970, Eldon moved around quite a bit, not really settling anywhere until 1981. After high school he worked as a laborer in Sidney, Nebraska. He spent time in Houston, Texas working as a roofer, then moved back to LaJunta and worked as a machine operator in a factory. He spent a couple of years in Portland, Oregon as a welder then settled in Denver in 1981 and has been there ever since.
I do the majority of my work plein air. What motivates me is a desire to let others know where I’ve been, what I’ve seen and how I felt about it. Sometimes that isn’t easy but I think I manage to always touch the viewer in some way. I am most drawn to subjects that are filled with bright sunlight and long dark shadows. In this part of the country that isn’t hard to find.
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Bio, Exhibitions & Awards
Born: May 14, 1952, Benkelmen, Nebraska
Education:
Art Instruction Schools, 1975
Workshop study with: Bonna Hammond, Don Clem, Tom Owen, Arthur J. Merril, Peter Walker, Stephen Quiller, David Leffel, Len Schmil, Joanne Burney
Member: Oil Painters of America
Exhibitions and awards: (Selected List, * denotes one person show, **denotes group show)
1975 Fine Arts League 4th Annual Art Show of Miniatures, Jurors Choice Award
1976 **Grand Opening, La Junta State Bank, LaJunta, Colorado
1976 *Town Square Mall, La Junta, Colorado
1977 Fine Arts League National Juried Art Show, La Junta, Colorado Purchase Award
1978 *Picketwire Players Theater, LaJunta, Colorado
1978 Fine Arts League National Juried Art Show, LaJunta, Colorado
Jurors Choice and Purchase Award
1979 **Colorado Boys Ranch and The Hole In The Wall Gang, Crossroads Of The West Benefit Art Sale, Denver, Colorado
1980 *Windmill Gallery, Las Animas, Colorado
1984 The Oak Rose Gallery, Steamboat Springs, Colorado
1985 *Picketwire Players Theater, La Junta, Colorado
1986 *Hamilton Galleries, Denver, Colorado
1986 *Denver Regency Guild, Guest Artist
1989 Foot Hills Art Center Annual Members Show, Golden, Colorado,
Best Of Show Award
1994 Gallery of Western Art, Baraboo, Wisconsin
1995 Fine Arts League National Juried Art Show, La Junta Colorado, Best Professional Award
2003 Painting the Parks 2003 ,Director’s Choice Award
Awards of Merit
2004 RL Foster Gallery 2nd Annual Drawing Exhibition, Best Figurative
2004 Colorado State Fair Fine Art Exhibition
Meritorious Award
2004 Peoples Choice Award, Estes Park Painting The Parks Plein Air 2004
2004 Top 100 Arts For The Parks
2005 Bronze Medal Award, Estes Park Painting The Parks Plein Air 2005
Collections: (Selected List)
Colorado Boys Ranch Foundation, La Junta, Colorado
Nibco of Colorado, La Junta, Colorado
Woodruff Memorial Library, Justine Sisson Memorial Collection, La Junta, Colorado
Dr. John Thomas, Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Gifford Hamilton, Denver, Colorado
Iaco Suzuki, Tokyo Japan
Mr. And Mrs. Richard Burnett, La Junta, Colorado
Bill and Cindy Landsberg, Monument, Colorado
Judith Pettibone, Monument, Colorado
Ron and Ann Wilcocks, Estes Park, Colorado
Current Galleries:
Stoneheart Gallery, Evergreen, Colorado
Earthwood Collections, Estes Park, Colorado
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